European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stapes upturn in business resumes following Brief january pause Washington up the business upturn has resumed after Brief pause in january but it is not As brisk As it was in late1961, the Commerce department Aid. Unofficial estimates were that the Gross National product the sum of All business activity will hit an annual rate for the first three months of 1962 of roughlyj550 billion. That would be another new High but a skimpy Advance from the $542.2 billion rate of the last Quarter of 1961. A $550 billion first Quarter rate would jeopardize but not Rule out achievement of the $570 billion Gross National product forecast by the administration for All of 1962. Economists emphasized that the650 billion figure May change 11 full billion dollars up or Down when More data is available. Buying demand is increasing in a number of important areas the department said. But in autos an Home building traditional swing sectors of the Economy spending has eased recently. The slowdown in Home building was pointed up by figures fro the department disclosing that housing starts fell sharply in feb youth winners named by elks Canton. Ohio up Lorraine r. Foster. 17, of Barrackville. Wva., and Norman e. Fretwell. 17, of Joplin mo., were named winners of the elks National youth Leader ship contest. E. Gene Fournace of Canton member of the youth activities committee of the benevolent an protective order of elks which sponsors the nationwide Competition announced the results. Vice president Lyndon b. John Ion and Sens. Thomas h. Kuchel,r-calif., and Edmund s. Muskie. A Maine judged the contest which Drew More than 50,000 entries from High school students. The two winners will receive$1,000 is. Savings Bonds and a trip to the elks convention in Chicago next  placed and $500 Bonds went to Judith m. Simono 17, of Vicksburg miss., and Charles , 17, of Phoenix Ariz. Third place winners who get s300 Bonds were Janis k. Bateman,17, of Central Point ore., and James b. Rylander 17. Of Sanantonio Tex. Boys and girls compete in Sepa rate divisions and Are judged on their leadership records in school and Community activities. Army sgt gets 99 years Waxahachie Tex. Up awol army sgt Oscar Alton Keohan. Convicted by a jury of murdering his infant Stepson pleaded guilty to two other Mur Ders and received 99-year sentences for All three slayings. The triple slaying took place in december 1960. Rumary in their fourth consecutive monthly decline. Starts on private dwelling units dropped 11 per Cen from january to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,126,000a 13-month Low. On the plus Side the department reported in its monthly Survey of business conditions that Consumers have been purchasing at a Good Pace so far this year and further additions to business inventories Are expected. A continuation of the rising flow of consumer purchasing Power is indicated by february s risen personal incomes the depart ment said. With employment an the factory work week increasing incomes hit an annual rate of $433 billion up $4 billion from the average for the fourth Quarter of 1961.giving some lift to the Economy Are rising military outlays. Brink Pace defense ordering is currently going on at a brisk Pace and 1962 promises to be a year of heavy deliveries of military goods the department said. The uptrend Instate and local government activities is also an expansionary Force which is Likely to add More than $4 billion to Gross National product this year. Business investment is scheduled to continue the moderate Rise which began last summer. Businessmen expect further sales gains but not f major proportions the department said. The drop in housing starts i february was coupled with a downward revision of the earlier estimate for january. Tho february rate of private starts of 1,12000 a year was Well below the High of 1,434,000 of last october. Many economists consider Home building especially important be cause it affects not Only the jobs of construction workers but production and employment in the build ing materials furniture and appliance industries. The department suggested that the february decline May have been Arkra ated by heavy Rains which interfered with construction of Homes in the los Angeles Areu one of the fastest growing in the nation. Steel output Rose from january to february As uncertainty about a steel strike at mid year introduced an element of uncertainty in steel markets the department reported. The Mills hit a two Yea High then slowed in late february As new orders slackened. But there was a pickup of 0.8 per cent last week according to the Industry. Lake Perch not Happy with Nosy researchers Madison wis. Up a University of Wisconsin research project on the Winter habits of Perch in Lake Mendota showed that the fish dislike the ice covered surface and  Well below it it also showed Perch Don t like the sound Waves from the sonar sets used by researchers to investigate their habits. Pennsylvania dutch style the arrival of sprig tie mis theae old order Allah pupils at the Leacock elementary school at Intercourse pa., into Spring training. The hour before the school hell to get i swings for the big  1moo fake allotment forms Chart Indianapolis ind. Up . Atty. Richard p. Stein told a Federal jury Here that about 1.800 faked allotment forms were filed at the . Army finance inquisitive boy switches train to downtown Street Nashville Mich. Up a 14-year-old boy who wanted to see what would happen has con fessed to opening a track switch that sent the Lead locomotive of a mile Long freight train clattering across the pavement of a Nash Ville Street. The youth admitted the act to police chief Delmar Craig. He told Craig he opened the switch and then when he found he could t close it went Home and said nothing about the incident this parents. Later a northbound new Yor Central freight came speeding up the tracks from grand rapids. Twas suddenly shunted onto u Lum Ber company siding. Before Engi Neer c. R. Zane of Jackson could apply the brakes the train had travelled the length of the 2,000 foot Spur crashed through a Seton steel stops and pulled onto state Street. It stopped about 50 feet Short of a residence. Crime has its value Ashland wis. Up dog Warden Jim paiement has complained that people have been solar abiding in the last two years that there Aren t enough dogs running around to keep the cats under  he heard his dream playing Westbrook Maine a few men have the dream John b. Tooch had. And fewer yet see i realized As he did. Gooch works in the research Laboratory of the & d. Warren paper co. After hours he conducts the company s 15-member band. On his 62nd birthday. Gooch went to rehearsal As he has been doing every tuesday night except in Bummer for 14 years. And there was his dream come True. Waiting on the stage of the Small auditorium in the Warren memorial Library was a 110-Pieceband. Friends had organized the group As a birthday Surprise. They knew Gooch b great dream was to con duct a really big band. So musicians were gathered from throughout Southern Maine. The band was so big Only a few friends and company officials could squeeze into the auditorium. The musicians threw open windows so others outside could hear. And for four of the happiest hours in John Gooch s life they made music. And How did this musical Salute strike Gooch i got a great kick out of it he said. Ill be thinking about this for a Long  Center at it. Benjamin Harrison near Here in a $15 million insurance swindle. Nine men mostly soldiers and insurance salesmen Are on trial on conspiracy charges in a scheme in which the government was tricked into paying $80,000 in premiums on policies written to servicemen at a number of army Camps. The policies allegedly were writ ten without the knowledge of the servicemen involved. They then were listed on allotment forms sent to it. Harrison. Ordinarily when a Serviceman takes out insurance the deduction for premiums Are taken from his  at his base the finance Cen Ter is notified and in turn pays the premiums directly to the insurance company. However in this Case the government charged the names of the servicemen were falsely repo Tedas having deductions made. The government claims the defendants profited by dividing up the commissions paid by the insurance companies to the salesmen when they submitted the names of servicemen they claimed had bought policies. Rep. Garland wife to separate Portland Maine  a. Garland a male and his wife have agreed to a separation according to an announcement from his office Garland 38, and the former Elizabeth Tracy of Portland ore.,were married during world War ii and have three children. He is a candidate for re election to con Gress this year from Maine s 1st congressional District and so far has no opposition in the Republican primary race. Neither Garland nor his wife was available for comment and the office gave no details on the separation. Garland was elected to his firs term in the House of representatives in the 1960 Republican sweep of Maine. He Defeated democratic incumbent James c. Oliver of Cape Elizabeth. A key figure in the Negedly was Charles , former of allotments and Dellenter. East is i voters it West Dundee id. East is East and West is it seems that the Twain i meet at least insofar i Dundee Are concerned. The two villages of West Ujj and East Dundee which isted separately on the Fox River in nothern j for the past 125 years proposal to merge. Needed in both commit East Dundee voters 467-291. West Dundee favored it 437-386. When was voted upon in 1956, Dee favored it. West ejected it. The villages have population of 5,000. Not All johnnies want to be lbs Moines Iowa kindergarten teacher Terson told her student body cant be an asked them to come dressed up to show like to be when they it produced the doctors nurses firemen., baseball players cowboys Plain mothers and Fathe i Alert Teller Leov Crooks holding Louisville Young bandits Robbett Bank of about 9360. Manager Gilberta Quick thinking Teller bag containing 4,090 weighing about 45 Poi the bandits when they the Money. They Mast have had million Dollar Aid